Elastic tire for vehicles.



No. 737,816. w PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1 903.

I w. BALASSA. ELASTIC TIRE EO VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Inventor,

Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILHELM BALASSA, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

ELASTIC TIRE FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,816, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed December 19, 1902. Serial No. 135,895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILHELM BALAssA, a citizen of the Empire of Austria-Hungary, residing at 12 Wipplingerstrasse, Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic Tires for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sectional tires for vehicle-wheels; and its objects are to provide a tire of this nature that may be readily applied to a wheel and when any section becomes worn or damaged it may be readily removed and a new one inserted.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of awheel provided with a tire embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is sectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the rim and tire shown on larger scale. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 3.

A represents a section or portion of the elastic tire which may be made in as many parts as desired. Each section has a semicircular head a, the width of the rim B. The ends of each section are flattened at 0 so that they.

may have a bearing one against the other. The lower surface (I of the head a, is made with a greater degree of curvature than the circumference of the rim, so that it will cling to the same when fastened. Each section is and rest against the inner section '5, the bolts f passing through holes m in the inner rimsection and engaging nuts g and lock-nuts g hold the sections A in place. Pins 'n on the inner surface of the sections engage with holes in the outer rim-section to assist in securely holding the sections in place.

Having thus described my invention, the

operation of which will be readily understood from the description and drawings, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a sectional elastic tire, the combination of semicircular sections provided with flattened ends adapted to abut one against the other, lugs on said sections, faces on said sections adapted to engage the wheel-rim, said faces being of greater degree of curve than the circumference of the rim, and bolts adapted to secure said sections to the rim.

2. In combination, a tubular flanged wheel- WILIIELM BALASSA.

\Vitnesses ING. Le. KUPFELMACHER, ALvEsro S. 110mm. 

